Autor: Stephen Kimber
Texto da contra-capa: Is the man who blows up an airplane and kills dozens of civilians a murderous terrorist... or a valiant freedom fighter? Is the man who tries to stop the bomber a threat to national security... or a hero of the people?
It depends.
What Lies Across the Water is a narrative nonfiction thriller. About terrorists who blow up airplanes and try to overthrow governments. About intelligence agents who try to stop them.
The twist is that these terrorists are not Muslim. They’re Cuban exiles. And the men trying to stop them? Cuban intelligence agents.
What Lies Across the Water examines the post-9/11 Bush doctrine—“Any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be regarded by the United States as a hostile regime”—by focusing on what happened in Miami and Havana in the 1990s when the American government—and Miami’s Cuban violent exile community—ratcheted up their attacks against Cuba.
Cuba responded by sending intelligence agents to South Florida to penetrate the plotters.
What Lies Across the Water uses an in-the-moment narrative to tell the parallel, converging, diverging stories of the exile militants, Cuban intelligence officers and FBI agents as they clash in Havana, Miami and the Straits of Florida. The story moves from the streets of Little Havana to real Havana’s Tropicana nightclub, from the hotel bar at the Copacabana Hotel to the inner sanctum of the White House—and back.
What Lies Across the Water climaxes when Cuba’s intelligence agents—the Cuba Five—are arrested and sentenced to long prison terms while the exile terrorists go free.
Who’s really a terrorist and who’s really a freedom fighter?
Texto da contra-capa: Is the man who blows up an airplane and kills dozens of civilians a murderous terrorist... or a valiant freedom fighter? Is the man who tries to stop the bomber a threat to national security... or a hero of the people?
It depends.
What Lies Across the Water is a narrative nonfiction thriller. About terrorists who blow up airplanes and try to overthrow governments. About intelligence agents who try to stop them.
The twist is that these terrorists are not Muslim. They’re Cuban exiles. And the men trying to stop them? Cuban intelligence agents.
What Lies Across the Water examines the post-9/11 Bush doctrine—“Any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be regarded by the United States as a hostile regime”—by focusing on what happened in Miami and Havana in the 1990s when the American government—and Miami’s Cuban violent exile community—ratcheted up their attacks against Cuba.
Cuba responded by sending intelligence agents to South Florida to penetrate the plotters.
What Lies Across the Water uses an in-the-moment narrative to tell the parallel, converging, diverging stories of the exile militants, Cuban intelligence officers and FBI agents as they clash in Havana, Miami and the Straits of Florida. The story moves from the streets of Little Havana to real Havana’s Tropicana nightclub, from the hotel bar at the Copacabana Hotel to the inner sanctum of the White House—and back.
What Lies Across the Water climaxes when Cuba’s intelligence agents—the Cuba Five—are arrested and sentenced to long prison terms while the exile terrorists go free.
Who’s really a terrorist and who’s really a freedom fighter?
Este livro deixou-me preso desde a primeira página. A narrativa leva-nos até Miami do anos 90, onde a comunidade Cubana exilada tenta derrubar Fidel Castro. Eles estão dispostos a usar todos os meios para atingir os seus objectivos, incluindo matar inocentes.Deveremos considerá-los terroristas ou lutadores pela paz? A resposta depende apenas de perspectiva se olha. E quem é enviado para o pais onde actuam para os parar é uma ameçã à segurança nacional ou um heroi? Isso também depende. O livro trás-nos os factos e deixa que o leitor tirar as suas próprias conclusões. É fácil de ler e todas as fontes estão identificadas, o que poderá ser útil para os mais cépticos.O único defeito que consigo apontar é o facto de algumas cenas serem demasiado extensas.
Eu considero que ambos os lados tiveram momentos em que agiram mais correctamente do que outros. Olhar para esta situação como preto e branco é ser daltónico. Como é que alguém pode julgar sem ter todos os factos? Qual o papel dos média na justiça? algumas cenas, como a bomba no torneio de xadrez, irão deixar o leitor aterrorizado.
Eu recomendo este livro a todos os amantes de história ou que estejam interessados em saber mais sobre os Cinco Cubanos.
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